Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas (Official 4K Video)
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- Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2020
- Official 4K video, restored version of Greg Lake's classic Christmas hit single, contains alternate footage.
Stream Greg Lake here: greglake.lnk.to/IBIFXmas
Lyrics:
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
But instead, it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the virgin birth
I remember one Christmas morning
A winter's light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas tree smell
And their eyes full of tinsel and fire
They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a silent night
And they told me a fairy story
'Till I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in Father Christmas
And I looked to the sky with excited eyes
'Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise
I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave new year
All anguish, pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
Hallelujah, Noel be it heaven or hell
The Christmas we get we deserve
#GregLake #IBelieveInFatherChristmas #ChristmasSongs 
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Sadly when you search this song on most streamers, the original Greg Lake version ranks below the covers. This is a true masterpiece and one of the best Christmas songs ever written. RIP Greg Lake.
He has the dubious honour of having died in the Great Cull of 2016.
Could not have said it better myself
Honeymoon Suite does a very worthy cover. Johnnie Dee hits a homer with the vocals!
Could not said it any better, you hit the nail on the head, as a none Christian this tells the truth.
Im not into Christmas songs, but this has a edge, great lyrics and true, as a non Christian this makes sense.
It's not really Christmas until you hear this song.
100 percent agreed
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@@toddkastner3768 I have always thought that.
Yep..
Yaaaassss!!! Well said, Sir.
Boy, this song sure resonates in December 2023… 😔💕🎄
You never spoke a truer word.
More than ever.....
Reminds of when the world was a better place
You are so,so right.too much war, pain and suffering.any way I don't know you but happy Christmas friend love+peace to all💛🙏
48 years since this was released and nothing changes - how sad.
I'm 62 years old, been listening to this song for years and it still makes me cry, every time I watch the video, especially towards the end. RIP Greg and Keith
im 73 and feel the same emotions as you
In the middle at 65 couldnt wait to get my 50p in the juke box on the finishing work piss up
I thought it was just me.
FM darlings. I’m not quite as old as you lot but I’m not far behind. Great song and lovely to hear it touches you like it does me.
Ditto completely
This is simply a track of pure beauty. In 1975, when I was eleven years old I announced to my Mum and Dad, sadly no longer with me, that this would always be my favourite Christmas song. And for once in my life, I was right. 46 years later, it still is. I don't mind admitting that the beauty of Greg's performance and the memories this evokes, never fails to bring a tear.
Thank You for sharing this with us.
Toyah Wilcox did a good version of this in the early 1980s.Track it down.Fantastic.
Mine too
Same for me Christopher only I was 15 in 1975, but totally the best Chritmas song.
Good stuff I was 13 they don’t make too many as good as this
It's my miracle song. I suffered a miscarriage on Christmas Eve. At the hospital they confirmed this and scheduled a d&c for later that morning. I was set up to start the procedure when the doctor examining me said "you're still pregnant!" Say what? I guess it was twins and only one died. The other was born on7/4/86!
Was a pregnant woman were greg wife,was being pregnant
Greg was right, we were sold a story.
He’s talking about over commercialization.
In my humble opinion this is the greatest Christmas song ever written. It stands head and shoulders above all else. I'm a huge ELP fan and was lucky enough to see them live a couple of times. His voice was as good live as the recorded version. RIP Greg Lake, you had the voice of an angel.
One thing to note, though, is that it was built in the shoulders of a giant. It took the main theme from “Troika” by Prokofiev
Dont be humble........this is the best ever.....nothing comes close.
Yes it's Christmas 2023.. Anyone listning.. ❤
Nobody, the dogs of war are loose nobody listens to the cries and bombs
@@joseizquierdo1008
My you are offended 🤡
been listening since '75..🎄
enjoy your holidays and your life!
@@kappy4493
I have a great life. Thank you ❤️
When I was 16 years old, in 1983, I sat in my car and listened to this song and cried. I had grown up, childhood was gone, the fairytales and promises had all been broken, but I was hopeful too. Very typical of Gen X, we grew up fast and saw through the lies early on, and this song summed it all up for me.... and I still remain hopeful all these years later. Merry Christmas everyone. Sending love and joy and prayers to you and yours!
This boomer wants you to know these feelings are universal. Every generation goes through them. We are so much more alike than different, never let the divisions of age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, or any other "difference" keep us from working together to right the wrongs and make our world a better place. There ARE good things happening, but you'd never know it when the media makes more money from doomscrolling. Blessed be!
... your post just made me cry
🕊️ from a GenXer
Happy Christmas xx 🕊️❤
Well said . memories and hope .
My dad passed away nearly 3 months ago. This was his favourite Christmas song. Miss you Dad merry Christmas
God bless your father ❤🙏
So sorry for your loss. May Heavenly Father comfort you and help you through this trial.
So sorry Katy for the loss of your dear dad. I hope you can have a good Christmas 💙x
It's true what they say time is a healer.Sympathy for your loss
Merry heavenly Christmas ⛄ Mr Field ❤
The line "All anguish, pain and sadness.Leave your heart and let your road be clear" gets me every time. Isn't that what is really important in life? No how many presents you may get at Christmas, not material things. Having a life with less stress and more happiness is everything. Still the best Christmas song and a memory of childhood Christmases from the 70's and 80's.
One of the most under-rated Christmas tunes out there. This is such a Masterpiece from the late Greg Lake.
@pandadarts180 You did actually listen to the lyrics, didn't you? It's not a traditional Christmas song by any means. It's melody and arrangement is a Trojan Horse that pulls the mask off Christmas and its phony trappings.
Jingle Bell Rock (The male version) is more underrated than this
Ahree
For sure
RIP Greg Lake. 🌲
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
But instead it just kept on raining
A veil of tears for the virgin birth
I remember one Christmas morning
A winter's light and a distant choir
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas tree smell
And their eyes full of tinsel and fire
They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a silent night
And they told me a fairy story
'Til I believed in the Israelite
And I believed in father Christmas
I looked to the sky with excited eyes
That I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn
And I saw him and through his disguise
I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave new year
All anguish, pain and sadness
Leave your heart and let your road be clear
They said there'd be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
Hallelujah, Noel be it heaven or hell
The Christmas we get we deserve
Thank you for the lyrics!❤❤
"They said there'd be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth
Hallelujah, Noel be it heaven or hell
The Christmas we get we deserve."
I was a university freshman the year this came out, and these lines get me every time. Especially this year....
Greg Lake RIP.
The Christmas we get we deserve.
No truer words..
🖤
Yes
Certainly the most powerful Christmas song ever recorded.
Im nearly 70. This song still pulls at my heart strings and i have to hear it every Christmas. 😊
Me too brings back a taurks nostalgia
😢 3:28 candle in every window
I’m 72. I fell in love with this song . I was a huge ELP fan. Have all their albums. I love Christmas, even though I’m Jewish. But every time I heard this song it just put me in such a beautiful moment of the Christmas spirit. And hoping for peace on earth.
I felt a huge loss when he died bc he truly had one of the best voices of our lifetime.
Just superb, the best Christmas song ever written, God Bless Greg Lake.
That's for sure , but it rarely gets played I haven't heard it on the radio for years , yes it takes a rock musician to do it right.
@patrickparker8417 but ultimately it took a classical composer to really make it right... Its the sample of the "Troika" excerpt from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé Suite that really makes this song
@@DaveAndBeth1978 Whatt
@@SuperPatrick777 ???
But he didn't believe in God sadly.
ah, love it, when it came out in 75, parents still alive, many relations still with us, i was 13...now ive blinked and im 61........happy christmas everyone, hug your families.
Amen 🤍🙏🤍
All the very best to you and your family what a beautiful comment ,may your god bless you
Thank you…and may your God be with you.
Chris, I was a 20 year old United States Marine back in 1975, when this was a hit. My Mom and Dad were still living too. They died in 2002 Mom and Dad 2003, I really miss them. Sometimes Christmas season can be tough.
theyre watching over you ..happy christmas enoy it thats what they would want.@@usmc-veteran73-77
I was at a Christmas concert once long ago and a middle school girl who looked very mousy and introverted who soloed this song with the choir backing up the chorus parts and she sang like an angel and she nailed it big time. She cried as all stood for an ovation not believing what we had witnessed.....Great song
A beautiful story!
A beautiful memory, thanks for sharing this. I wonder what happened to her, hopefully she kept on singing.
@@mikecwikla9171 k Kiko
Your story brought a tear to my eye, I can imagine it was pure magic ✨🎄
Wow good for her ❤
My dad passed away earlier this year - this was our favourite Christmas song and it will be so so so bitter sweet to hear this song over Christmas this year. Love you dad.
My heartfelt condolences to you, friend. May your dad Rest In Peace. I wish you and your loved ones comfort, consolation and strength to attain healing. This is my favorite Christmas song too and while I have never met you, you and your loved ones will be in my heart throughout the Christmas season.
My father also liked ELP. He passed in 1998, Leukemia. 57 years old and me too this year.
@@davebloombeat Nice 🙂
This year I beat my one year younger Sister to send this Greg Masterpiece to her. Our tradition thing. 😊!
@@davidforget6906 Thank you for sharing, David. Like cbullar2773, you show a lot of inner strength and courage to share something so heartbreaking and personal. I am so sorry for your loss, but the love in your heart you feel for your father keeps him forever alive within you. I wish you comfort during this Christmas season and pray you attain brighter days.
My dad passed away in January. He was a big ELP fan and loved this song. RIP dad ❤
I'm sorry for your loss but I must say your Dad had great taste. This is piece of seriously underrated musical art which I'm sure people will listen to and enjoy long after our time in this World. Merry Christmas 👍❤
Bless you, may your best memories of your dad, lift you up. Sweet person⭐️💫.
I lost my dad at age 32, when he was 67, I missed out, it does get easier though. Give yourself plenty of time to grieve. Peace.
The one Christmas song you can listen to any day of the year and enjoy. Beautiful.
You are absolutely correct. When this comes on in my shuffle in May, it stays on.
Yes I agree first I've heard an I love it sad the singer has passed.😅
I play this on my guitar, I play it all year round, at least twice a week, it just sounds so good on an acoustic guitar, it's a song about peace at the end of the day. That's my excuse anyway ❤
Yes, this great in the desert with beduins and camels 😊😊😊🎄🇩🇪🎉
The Christmas we get WE DESERVE !!
WE ARE BLIND FOLLOWERS OF HEINOUS VILE CORRUPT GOVS ..
WE SMILE AND LOOK THE OTHER WAY BUYING THEIR LIES FOR ONE MORE DAY OF TRICKERY BECAUSE WE feel blessed.
It's all fake - just as Greg was illustrating .
You buy the beauty of the song and allow the bombs to destroy at the same time.
They sold you a Dream of Christmas ( of life in fact )
This song like John Cougars " Pink Houses "
" little pink houses for you and me "
" it's the simple man baby that pays the bills " ( taxes)
Pay the bills that KILL"
We get the dreams they sell us as millions die at our ignorant hands
Fools Gold - false hopes
Daydreams and make believes
While you sit in the sun
Sipping spritzers vodka and New England Iced tea
You
For those of us who feel ambivalent about Christmas, this song hits just right.
@dearly beloved Good and bad, mixed feelings.
LISTEN TO STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND. LEON RUSSELL.
@dearly beloved MIXED FEELINGS.
Me!!
Agreed! In general I don’t care for Christmas music but this brings tears to my eyes it’s so beautiful
The only Christmas song that is as wondrous as the carols written 200 years ago.
Carol O'connor?
I agree 1,000%!!!
@john turner, so true, the production is epic.
That’s it!
I completely agree, there's just something very special about it that defies description, something that has to be felt as well as heard.🌹
This is so poignant especially now with all the troubles in the world....a true classis& arguably one of the best Christmas songs ever RIP Greg
Some people are true visionaries, this guy proved that
This song a gets a little more endearing with every passing year.
Greg Lake had such an amazing vocal range. RIP Greg Lake and thank you for the great music you wrote.
Only a rare talent and genius could do a song like this. Hearing this song doesn't bring a tear to my eyes, it gets me sobbing all the time love love love this song. Makes me realize that all my contemporaries are leaving this world way too soon. I tell people all the time don't spend your money on things, instead spend it on making memories. Memories will last longer than material things.
He had a stunning beautiful voice...very unique...
I play guitar and I cannot get the same feel Greg did in this one. I'll keep trying and try to channel him.
With a little help from Prokofiev....😉
@@brumbykj “Troika" by Sergei Prokofiev.
I wonder how many Radiohead fans are aware that their song “Exit Music (from a film)” is lifted from Chopin’s Prelude No. 4?
If the original composer/creator of these old classical pieces died over 70 years ago their works are considered ‘pubic domain’ and not subject to copyright laws.
Thinking of you today, Greg, on this sad poignant day 😢
RIP Greg...this is my favorite Christmas song...
I'm going on 67, and Greg's voice still makes ne glad to be alive to hear it.
Mw too...
67. And feel the same
66...Amen
67 here weighing in on Greg's birthday. his voice takes me right back to happier times.
Stay young at heart
Sadly we don't hear Christmas songs like this anymore.
Yeah I miss them 😔
I have it on one of my Xmas Comps is great.I heard apparently is ranked one of the lowest Xmas Songs ever should be one of the greatest how he says it can't always get your wish and the advertised and comercalised is true always has been over the years and gets worst just for 1 day of the year or 2days as it cycles around the World 🌎🌍
Merry Christmas to blessed people.. like forever 🎵🎵🎵
and that's a long long long time 💞
🍷 A toast to the Most HIGHEST ✨
🌹 until we meet again 🎶🎶🎶
to hell with israel. Free Palestine.
@@HarHah I don't know who the blessed people are.
Nor the most highest, but I hope you had a lovely Christmas, and have a happy new year.
I love this song ❤️🎄🎅
Still listening in March of 2023!🤗
In 1975 as a young lad I heard this song sat in the back of a car after playing football , without question the most beautiful of Xmas songs , and today as a 60 year old man it still holds memories of Christmas throughout my life , beautiful song with words that evoke sadness and joy.
What a wonderful memory. Thank you for sharing.
The tears fall as I listen to this song it reminds me of happier Christmases long ago when mum and dad and my sister were together as a family 👪
This has lost none of its impact over the years - as fresh as ever.
Simply the best Christmas song ever.
100% agree :)
I've loved this since it came out in '75.
I agree but it's not a Christmas song, it's an anti war song
It really is.....an queen thank god its xmas 2and lol
@@nnjsingleguy The title is : 'I believe in Father Christmas' that's the clue it's a Christmas song. It's one of the many songs that mentions Christmas throughout. Where does it mention war? Don't bring political garbage into a post about a beautiful song. There's always someone who wants to spoil things
The dad hugging his son at the end, always gets to me 😓
Best Christmas song ever.It's not Christmas until I hear this playing on the radio.
Amen brother
Indeed! And that last scene when the boy runs to his dad after he returns from battle. Priceless.
I never hear it unless I search on here.
@@garystevens4303 the company I work for has it's own radio station and its been played on there a couple of times have an awesome Christmas
I'm gl
This is the first christmas without my mom she left us December 11 2021 she was 102 , Merry Christmas mom i love you so much.
I am about to experience my first.
The ache is deep.
My condolences for your loss.
Peace to you.
Amen sending peace and love. 🤍🕊🤍
@@jimsmith9853 Lost mine Christmas 2022. The void is vast, but here's some love to fill what it can
This song will forever stop me dead in my tracks. Hauntingly beautiful guitar intro... Crisp vocals and just a masterpiece of a song. Most under-rated Xmas song ever.
when they have a top 40 xmas song it always comes in the 20s or early 30s....it would be in my top 3....
Thanks for your share. Thr first time I ever heard this on the radio, I was paralyzed. The most incredible haunting melody I had ever heard.
Ethereal, ineffable. I spent many years attempting to identify the name and artists. God finally had Mercy on me and it was revealed to me. As powerful as Handel's Messiah! Merry Christmas Everyone
Amen Ray... We've Loved Greg Since the Early Daze... MERRY CHRISTMAS y'all... Citrus Heights Calif 🌷🌻🙏✌😎
One of the best, equally as good as a spaceman came traveling
Yes it sparkles with Xmas glitter my friend
“Hallelujah Noel be it heaven or hell. At Christmas we get we deserve” god what a line
The Christmas we get, we deserve :)
And yes, the kind of line that makes you stop and think.
best line in a great song.
Its so fucking powerful, I love it
@@VivaLaGiygasisn’t it just! Merry Christmas 🎉
It's about commercializing Christmas basically Greg Lake never really cared about this issue he just thought about it one day wrote it down mixed jingles with another song on the guitar and that's how the song became
One of the most beautiful Christmas songs ever 😊
not in my book!. a christmas song that calls Jesus a fairytale, has lost the plot of what christmas is about!!!
@@ayounglivelysoulinanoldtir3512 Go cry about it
@@Ridley369it is those that rubbish the messiah & his teachings that will be crying on judgement day, when they get locked out of paradise!
@@ayounglivelysoulinanoldtir3512 The fact that people like you actually exist is hilarious.
The best xmas song for me 😊
Just what I needed to get me in the spirit...it’s been a heck of a year! RIP Greg ❤️
My most favorite holiday song. Happy holidays.
And me we all need to have a great chirstmas
Amen to that
Amen!
My most favourite Christmas song ever. I wish everybody a healthy and happy 2021.
Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer were in a league of their own.
Yup
That, My friend, is an understatement.
Rest in Power Messrs Lake and Emerson.
Yes, I was a big fan of them. I had a couple of their albums. I also attended their concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, in 1973.
@@James_Knott wow so fortunate!
They took music to such a higher level and. Most of all can be sound tracks for so many scenes in so many movies !
One of the best rock vocalist. RIP Greg Lake and Keith Emerson.
Lost my Father Christmas 2013 and it still hurts so much.
Seems so many people die this time of year.
Love is love
One of the best Christmas songs ever wrote and sang. Who else other than Greg Lake to perform this classic song. RIP Greg Lake.
I was 11 when this was released. A new young teacher at school gave an assembly using this record. With the hall in near darkness except for the christmas tree lights, this played as we filed in. I had never heard anything so cool before. Brings a tear all these years later. Thank you Mr Baker hope youre safe and well wherever you are. Will forever remember your assembly that dark winter morning, and its message. The christmas we get we deserve.
What a lovely memory
What a wonderful teacher you had. Be thankful.
That face and that voice
Wow sounds magical
That's a lovely memory. I'd by 15 when this was released. It brings back great memories of a forgotten world.
Listening to this in April 2023. Beautiful.
The 1970s the golden era of the christmas single
Just turned 13 when this made the charts, watched it on top of the pops, takes me back to a time when all my family were alive and Christmas felt like Christmas.
Correct so many people no longer hear
@brevlod I'm the same age as you, and I feel exactly the same way as you...
Feel the same. Christmas is not the same without our love ones that have passed away. 💖
Little did we kno how crap bein a grown up was gonna be bak then They didn’t tell us that in school haha
Delise
My mum died on 25 Nov 2007 an Iv Neva ad a good Xmas since then but I wish everyone here a happy one this year an every year from now on
Greg's voice ❤
I agree
And that guitar playing
The sight of war and the father returns, sounds true today.
Honestly, I guess my story is a bit messy compared to the ones I have read here BUT:
I was 12 years old and my Dad was working on a 1976 Monte’ Carlo. I “Borrowed” it on Christmas Eve Morning 1983…….. and drove around for awhile smoking cigarettes and being “cool”. It was raining that day and I I was sitting at a stop light crying my eyes out listening to THIS song. I am now 52 and still cry to this song. Merry Christmas and May God Bless ALL OF YOU AND YOURS. Peace friends.
🙏❤️🙏
May God bless you too. Thanks for sharing.
God is most unlikely to bless those who agree with the line of the song that sayes the birth & life of his son was just a fairy tale!
@@ayounglivelysoulinanoldtir3512 I don’t think any of us do.
God loves and forgives any that do.
Merry Christmas To ALL The E.L.P. Fans Around the World ..
Same to you man!
Same to you!
Same to you.
Amen esp Greg Lake
thank you ,
ELPFAN Jahrling, GREG LAKE loved his music so much, but he wasn't selfish...my best thoughts from romania, gelu batir, jan, 3rd, 2021
One of the best Christmas songs ever written. The lyrics make you stop and think. Merry Christmas to everyone!
It's never christmas until I have heard this.
the only kind of Christmas music i don't hate
Listening in March 2023..what talent .. RIP Greg Lake.. Real life. Remember this from my childhood with a warm feeling in my heart because I knew no different...now nearly 58 and understand the lyrics as an adult. Frickin' OUCH!
Such a beautiful number. It never fails go bring tears to my eyes and I'm 70 years old. Maybe it's the memory of past Christmases and watching my circle of relatives and friends slowly diminishing as time goes on.
Happy Christmas to you enjoy your memories
Merry Christmas to everyone!
Thinking of my dad who passed 14 years ago and yeah your right where has the time gone
@@davidsonowski414 time waits for no one it just flies by
Agree my dear mum passed away on the 26th december 2011 my other relatives have Also passed too 🙏🕊🌈
Best Christmas song by a country mile.The video could've been made yesterday which is a sad commentary on world affairs
Beautiful song
This is one of the best Christmas songs ever which brings tears to people's eyes.
Mine Too........Merry Christmas !!
Couldn't agree more with you there. I just love the gentle guitar music that's played at the beginning of the song, and then ends into a mighty crescendo. This favourite song is simply magic to me, and I listen to it every Christmas time without fail. A true classic by the late Greg Lake.
Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄
Every time. 😥
hit gave me hope again
It's brought tears to mine. And Christmas was over a month ago.
"The Christmas we get, we deserve" Oh Greg, how perceptive you were..
I listen carefully to Epitaph and I honestly believe he saw ahead of what is to come. Emerson and Keith did help fill in some lyrics for the man with the golden voice.
Peter Sinfield wrote the lyrics to both songs.
@@paul3463 - Greg wouldn't have sang those lyrics unless he believed in them.
Okay? Just saying he didn't write them. Peter Sinfield has a lot to do with Greg's career. Research is your friend.
@@paul3463 - The only research needed was to hear Greg sing those vocals in a manner that made us understand he was projecting them with conviction.
This truly is a classic worthy of huge applause….thank you Mr. Lake
One of the best if not the best Xmas song and very appt considering what's going on in Gaza and Israel.12th November 2023.
this is the best christmas song ever written :) what a voice! RIP greg
Agree totally :)
My favourite too
Close but prefer fairytale of new york
So this is Christmas by John Lennon rocks as well.
Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas. Oh shit, maybe not this year. Stay safe folks.
Takes me back to when all the brothers and sisters were at home, and mom and dad were alive
I think that is the magic of the song. It takes you back in time to our younger days when friends and relatives were all alive and happy. Sadly these times are gone but the song and memories live on as will this fantastic song.
Yes Exactly the feelings this song brings out!!
Great comment got me thinking, my Dad has passed and my wife, but brothers and sister still here. Enjoy it life is too short.
This has always been my favourite Christmas song
its my LEAST favourate, bevause it calls the saviour a fairytale!!!!!!
@@ayounglivelysoulinanoldtir3512 To paraphrase John 10:37-38 slightly - ' If I am doing not the deeds of my father do not believe in me. If I am doing them and you will still not believe in me, believe in the work I do.'
The best Christmas Song of All Time. RIP😢
Along with Jethro Tull, Slade, Boney M, and Jonah Lewie.
Can we get this to Christmas number 1 this year, perfect song after this awful year.
I feel like crying with what is going on in our world at the moment 🇦🇺
I have been crying, to much. Their music stirs my heart and gives me hope. Miss their music, bad.😪
Gets my vote
A top notch Christmas song up there with the best beautiful sheer class
It went to number 1 the year he died. I believe it can go back to number one. I love his guitar work.
My father turned me to this great tune many moons ago. He's been deceased for 17 years now. (1948-2005). I am forever grateful to hear this every Christmas season
My Father also loved this song, he was also a 1948 baby and passed in 2006. I’m so sorry for your loss. I also have sentimental value in this song.
Sending love from the UK to all who've lost one or more ❤
ohhhh pps......my dad always played this track on xmas, also born 1948 and died in 2006....group huggles
Yes it reminds me of my Mom and Dad too.
hey, are you that canadian cat from the BTO, man? you're flippin' AWESOME, DUDE~~~~~
but in any case, respecto, sir: yes my parents are boomers too and i'm so lucky they've been here for all my years so far, wow, they made it look very easy when their parents passed away... i don't think i could handle nearly as well, a thing like that no matter how old i get to gettin'.. i'm already almost 58 and i think i'll never make it to anywhere near-their-age... nor do i think it's gonnabe real desirable _as-it-is-now-seen_ ... ha ha~
THIS IS CHRISTMAS! Nothing else to add or diminish. Perfection of humanity found in the sublime art of the humble genius. Oh what a lucky man he was!
One of the best songs ever. This guy talked about how the world REALLY is. My Christmases.....from the beginning. I'm now 57..
Same age. And sadly so little changes every year
Best Christmas song ever can't believe this guys dead what a ledgend
It wasn’t Christmas until this song was heard in our house growing up. 🥰
Yes same here what a song
Of all the Christmas songs ever written this song by Greg Lake is without equal , and it sums up what Christmas has become in the modern world , meaningful lyrics which if listened to really bring home the way humanity has lost its way . Brilliant composition from a member of one of the finest groups from the prog rock era , now just memories and very much missed .
Well said. 😓
Agreed
We will always have the music.
NO WORDS CAN EXPRESS HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS SONG , BUT ALL SAID IT IS NOT CHRISTMAS UNTIL I HEAR THIS SONG.
It's also interesting. I've heard a radio station play this song on the first snowy day. Even if was the middle of January. The amazing syncronicity was I was driving over the Lion's Gate Bridge just as the orchestra builds to a crescendo. The snow falling down and this song was so perfect. I loved that moment.
This has always been my favourite Christmas song ever. No trying to sell Christmas to the masses. Means what it says. Rip Greg.
Brilliant, brilliant song. Doesn’t get the credit it deserves.
But we get the Christmas we deserve
Vincent haha - yes we certainly do.
Ask the average person about this song, the answer will be "Never heard"
Sad but true
There will always be room in my heart for Christmas 1975 xx
So glad i found the name of this song cause it truly resonates with me. At 28 every year i hope for things to change, it never does, but i remain optimistic for the future.
There is no comparison with this song. Sums up all my childhood nostalgia.
RIP Greg Lake. I'm 50 years old and I still believe in Santa Claus.
Why
That's funny
That's kind of funny considering this song is about how the image of Christmas and Santa Claus that is sold to the masses is a big load of corporate BS!
Best anti-corporate Christmas song ever!
Me too
@@zararity Exactly: "And I saw him and through his disguise"
This man had a voice like no other. RIP Greg your music carries us
best christmas ever
Yes a voice like No Other. We miss ya, Greg.
His talent was never Really recognized, he was really great all alone. Great song writer too !
Thank you Greg for this wonderful song. You are missed deeply.
It's that time of year to let Greg usher in the season of Christmas.
Happy Christmas to all.... sending love...xxx 💕
This never gets old. A great song when written when Christmas actually meant something
Agreed
Like when you were a kid!
What? Mate, this song was literally written out of apathy over how little Christmas meant back then.
@@Mr_Bunk but if he told us that but then he wouldn’t be able to push his edgy point about how different it was back in the day. I hate people like this lmao. Just spout a load of rubbish without taking in mind the connotation of the song they’re commenting on lol
Letsgochamp letsgojoanne 🥁🎸
This song never ages, thank you Greg for years of pleasure.
My favourite Christmas song. The only one that tells the truth about the commercialism of Christmas. Despite the song's cynicism it leaves us with the message:- " I wish you a hopeful Christmas
I wish you a brave new year, All anguish, pain and sadness leave your heart and let your road be clear". RIP Greg Lake.
The lyrics say it all.
I was born in 1972 and this song absolutely hits Christmas home to me. The instant I hear it I'm 7 or 8 years' old again.
I was born 2 days before Christmas that year. This is my favourite Christmas song.
72 here too. The year of the Rat. I remember hearing this as a young kid too and knew it was magic
75
i was born in 65 ,Memories bro Memories , pure feeling this tune.
I was 5 when this was out and my first Christmas that I could clearly remember. My Dad had spent hours, assembling a toy garage for me and I loved it for years. Bless him, all that and partially-sighted.
This song almost has me welling up now, some 45years hence, when I would love a brief jump back to see that particular time if only for a few hours so I could see my Mum again
All the modern christmas songs now feel like comercialized nonsense. There is no authenticity to them. This one you can really hear that he put his heart and soul into it. I enjoy how it starts with a simple tune and builds up to a roaring climax while delivering a heartfelt message.
Very haunting beautiful song ❤️
"Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell, the Christmas we get, we deserve" !
Many years ago I was compelled to fill the instrumental break Troika during the outro when the child runs to his father with choral lyrics inspired by John and Yoko "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)". Please include them at 2:55
A very merry Christmas war is over only if you want it to be
Have a peaceful new year one without the fear
We can all live in harmony.
RIP Greg, wished I'd released these earlier I think you would've approved.
Thanks. I read those lyrics above (after the song had finished) and wondered if they'd left out words, but with correct punctuation, it makes sense.
Classic song..everyone deserves a good xmas...
So sad and cynical
4 years ago today he passed away. The best Christmas song but it doesn't get the airplay it deserves!. RIP Greg
What an awesome voice, we lost so much when he passed. Thanks for posting.
This is my favourite Christmas song of all time❤❤❤
Using Prokofiev's Troika from Lieutenant Kije, brilliant Xmas song my favourite too
And what kept it off Xmas No 1?
Bloody Bohemian Rhapsody. 😂
its not Christmas until you hear this song. Sublime musical arrangement and lyrics - deep and meaningful. Never get bored with it.....
The composition on this is amazing, every note hits just right and the inclusion of Prokofiev's Troika just makes this all the more so
Still sat listening.. minding my grandson.he seven and loves it